Meltdown are impossible to escape, even though I often wish I could. They can come out of nowhere, just suddenly hitting you like a bucket of cold water in your face. My body starts shaking, starting with my hands usually. Not so much that people notice, and if they do, they generally just think I’m nervous. The shaking is really …
Disability leave was never my first choice. I failed to get a job after finishing my masters, so I’d been unemployed over a year. My local job-centre clearly had no idea what to do with me, so they forced me to do an internship. I would have loved an internship, just not one that required me sitting at an information …
I remember all the bad things that occurred to me growing up. Every single bad experience changed me, but at the time, I didn’t understand. Often I think I let it happen, and it makes me feel heartbroken. At the time, all I wanted was to be ‘not broken’. I tried to hide, tried to do what I hoped was …
